Does repeated electro-ejaculation improve sperm quality in spinal cord injured men?

Spinal Cord

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 753-756

  Das, S ^a   Dodd, S ^b   Soni, B M ^c   Sharma, S D ^c   Gazvani, R ^a   Lewis Jones, D I ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHPORT AND ORMSKIRK HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electro ejaculation; IVF; Sperm quality; Spinal injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EJACULATION; ELECTROEJACULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; EJACULATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33845597564     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101898     Document Type: Article

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